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D.A.P./University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

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Hardcover, 6.75 x 9 in. / 448 pgs / 450 color / 15 bw.

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Catalog: FALL 2012 p. 13   

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ISBN 9781935202851 TRADE
List Price: $49.95 CDN $60.00

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Berkeley, CA
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 08/24/12-12/09/12

Boston, MA
Institute of Contemporary Art, 04/05/13-09/02/13

A massive survey of the Mission School master.

  

D.A.P./UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE

Barry McGee

Published by D.A.P./University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Edited by Lawrence Rinder, Dena Beard. Text by Alex Baker, Natasha Boas, Germano Celant, Jeffrey Deitch.

Featured image is reproduced from <I>Barry McGee</I>.Published on the occasion of the first major survey of Barry McGee’s work, this monumental volume records more than two decades of incredible fecundity, over the course of which McGee has pioneered a new iconography of sharp street vitality and graphic snap. McGee began as a graffiti artist on the streets of San Francisco, working under such tags as Ray Fong, Twist and Twisto, and his work since then has hugely expanded the terms of both street art and contemporary art. The freshness of McGee’s work stems in part from his virtuoso handling and consolidation of a whole panoply of influences, from hobo art, sign painting and graffiti to comics, Beat literature and much else. His extraordinary skill as a draughtsman is energized by his insistence on pushing at the parameters of art--his work can be shockingly informal in the gallery and surprisingly elegant on the street--and by his keen nose for social malaise.
This volume revisits McGee’s most influential installations in art spaces, and considers the evolution of his aesthetic within institutional settings. Previously unseen photographs by Craig Costello document the artist’s work on the streets of San Francisco in the early 90s, highlighting the contributions of his friends and mentors. Also included are images from the artist’s famous slide lecture, compiled and refined over the past 20 years, and an oral history of the Bay Area’s Mission School by McGee’s friends, mentors and collaborators. Featuring 450 images, including many never before published, the book is designed by the artist in collaboration with Conny Purtill.

Barry McGee (born 1966) began exhibiting his work in the 1980s--not in a museum or gallery setting but on the streets of San Francisco. In the early 90s he was closely associated with the Mission School and the San Francisco Bay Area’s graffiti boom. In 2001 his work was included in the Venice Biennale.

Featured image is reproduced from Barry McGee.

PRAISE AND REVIEWS

W Magazine

Hilarie Sheets

As a teen in the eighties, Barry McGee practiced the outlaw art of graffiti in San Francisco's public spaces; these days, he routinely gets invited to make his mark on museum walls..."His cluster aesthetic," says [University of California's Berkeley Art Museum's] director, Lawrence Rinder, "echoes the experience of the street...he really captures that cacophony of an inner-city American landscape."

Flare Magazine

Ryan Porter

Two decades of the graffiti artist's genre-defying work are collected in all their art-for-all glory.

Barry McGee

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Barry McGee’s distinctive style, collaborative approach, and celebration of the energy of the street have profoundly influenced a generation of international artists. Barry would be the first to say that his contribution is not singular, that he was just one of many who broke out of the confines of art schools, galleries, and museums in the 1980s and 1990s to make the city itself a living space for art and activism. Yet his work has been unusually bold, generous, and effective. His images and themes have resonated globally. From the tragic loneliness of a social outcast to the transgressive idealism of a youthful tagger, the characters in McGee’s art can be found anywhere. Similarly, the two emotional poles of his work—compassion and vivacity—are universal. Barry’s art cogently and beautifully cuts to this core of human experience.

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